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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near Tatsugō in Japan


Earthquake location 28.1138S, 129.9321WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Tatsugō in Japan on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:50:45 / 10:50 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000mxtx. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mxtx. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 129.9321 East, latitude 28.1138 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/07/24 / 2024-07-01 22:50:45 / July 1, 2024 @ 10:50 pm.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Naze (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Naze (c. 41 400 pop). Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

Questions or comments?

What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 49 km SE of Tatsugō, Japan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 129.9321° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 28.1138° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 49 km SE of Tatsugō, Japan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-01 22:50:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-17 03:58:48 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 340 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 55 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.948 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.75 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 109 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000mxtx Id of event.
Event Code 7000mxtx An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mxtx, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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